Apparel-belt.



No. 659,023; Patented Oct. 2, 1900. an. aguTzgL. APPAREL BELT.

(Application filed July 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFic-E.

GUSTAV H. GENTZEL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGIQOR TOTIHE JOHN-MEHL &COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

APPAREL-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of .Letters Patent No. 659,023, dated October 2, 1900.

Application filed July 19, 1900., Serial No. 24,136. v(Il'o model.)

To all whom it may concern: opening b, communicating with the slot near Be it known that I, GUSTAV H. GENTZEL, one end thereof, the said opening I) being of a citizen of the United States, and a resident a size sufficient to permit the ready insertion of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and of the button therethrough without bending State of New Jersey, have invented new and or displacing any portion of the device. The

useful Improvements in Apparel-Belts, of device is permitted a limited longitudinal which the following is a specification. sliding movement with respect to the belt by My invention relates to certain improveproviding rivets b 19 the shanks of which ments in apparel-belts, and has for one object pass through the elongated slot 1) in the belt,

10 to provide a belt with a new and improved the said rivets being secured to the crossdevice for detachably connecting the belt straps a a, respectively. The rivets pass with a button on the waistband of a skirt or through the slot 12 in close proximity to the other article of apparel, the said device havends thereof, although the attaching device ing a limited sliding movement lengthwise of is permitted only a slight longitudinal sliding T5 the belt, so as to permit the ready attachment movement in either direction. However, the and removal of the button and so as not to belt may be buckled outwardlyaconsiderable interfere in any respect with the set of the distance by sliding one of the rivetsb for belt when engaged with the button. exampleinwardly along the slot, while the A further object is to provide a very cheap other end of the device is held against move- 20 and simple construction which will successment with respect to the belt.

fully withstand the great strains to which In the form shown in Fig. 3 the button-atsupporting-belts of this character are subtaching device is shown as being composed jected. of skeleton form. The longitudinal portions Apractical embodiment of my invention is of the wire in this form B of the device are 25 represented in the accompanying drawings, brought together, as shown at b b adjacent in whichto the portion of the wire which forms the Figure 1 represents a perspective view of loop or opening I)", so as to form a guide for abelt with my improved waist-button-attachfacilitating the ready insertion and removal ing device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enof the waist-button. The device shown in 30 larged longitudinalhorizontalsection through Fig. 4 is also of skeleton form, the opening b a portion of the belt and the attaching device, being located at a point onlya slight distance taken in the plane of the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. away from the middle portion of the device. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the in- By the use of the device hereinabove deside of a belt with a modified form of my atscribed, which is provided with both a but- 35 taching device, and Fig. 4 is a similar view ton-shank-receiving elongated slot and a butof a third form of attaching device. ton-receiving opening communicating there- The belt is denoted as a whole by A, and with, I am enabled to readily insert and reit may be of any suitable style, shape, and move the waist-button without spreading the material. A pair of cross-straps a ct are sedevice. Furthermore, by permitting the de- 40 cured to the inside of the belt, at the back vice and the belt to have a limited sliding thereof, these cross-straps being preferably movement with respect to each other I am secured to the belt at their opposite ends only. enabled to bend the belt immediately adja- In the form of attaching device shown in cent to' the device outwardly quite a distance Figs. 1 and 2 the device is shown as compristo still further facilitate the insertion and re- 45 ing a flexible strip or plate 13, of metal or moval of the waist-button. When the butother suitable material, and itis provided Lon has been inserted in its position between with an elongated slot 1), extending lengthwise the device and the back of the belt, the belt therein, for receiving the shank of a waistmay be drawn snugly around the body of the button. (Not shown herein.) This deviceB wearer, and the said belt will preserve its 50 is further provided with a button-receiving shape even at the point of attachment of the [O0 button thereto, both because of the sliding engagementof the attaching device with the belt and because the cross-straps a a serve to space the attaching device a distance inwardly from the belt substantially equal to the thickness of the waist-button.

It is evident that changes mightbe resorted to in the form and arrangementof the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is 1. The combination with a belt, of at waistbul'ton-attaching device having an elongated button-shank-receiving slot therein and a button receiving opening communicating with the said slot, and means for loosely securing the device to the belt, comprising rivets passing through the said slot and secured to the said belt, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination with a belt having a pair of cross-straps spaced apart and seen red thereto, of a waist-button-attaching device having an elongated button-sham k-receiving slot therein and a button-receiving opening communicating with the said slot, and means for loosely securing the device to the belt comprising rivets passing through the said slot and secured to the said cross-straps, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention [have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 13th day of July, 1900.

GUS'IA H. GENTZEL.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN M. KELLEY, HENRY MEHL. 

